Applies To:

BIG-IP WebAccelerator

About the HTTP Class profile

An application that runs on a virtual server accelerates all HTTP traffic. You can, however,
use an HTTP Class profile to classify types of HTTP traffic for the WebAccelerator™ system to accelerate, by specifying hosts, paths, headers, and
cookies.

Important: Although you can use the HTTP Class profile to
classify the types of HTTP traffic to accelerate, the HTTP Class profile
overrides the Web Acceleration profile on the virtual server. Acceleration
of HTTP traffic with the WebAccelerator system should primarily be configured through a
Web Acceleration profile, instead of the HTTP
Class profile.

Accelerating traffic for WebAccelerator applications with the HTTP Class profile

The HTTP class profile uses the HTTP header, cookie, host, and path to classify and
accelerate traffic for applications that are running on a virtual server.

Important: If you configure an HTTP Class profile to
accelerate traffic with the WebAccelerator system, the HTTP
Class profile overrides settings configured on the virtual server
for a WebAccelerator application in the Web Acceleration
profile.

Bypassing traffic for WebAccelerator applications with the HTTP Class profile

The HTTP class profile can bypass the WebAccelerator system for applications that
are running on a virtual server.

Important: If you configure an
HTTP Class profile to bypass the WebAccelerator system,
the HTTP Class profile overrides settings configured on the
virtual server for a WebAccelerator application in the Web
Acceleration profile.